Boveda Barragan | Options Studio ARC 509

Collaborators: Joao Eduardo Ribeiro & Heber Jared Hernandez

Hidden in the canopies of Parque Lira, Boveda Barragan represents a desire to protect and preserve exhibited and archived works belonging to Mexican architect Luis Barragan. The Boveda’s form floats from the ground, emulating a sense of weightlessness. through the embrace of brutalist gestures, our building aims to provide comfort, without compromising security. Through its expressive materiality and strong forms the archive emulates spacial conditions akin to that of a boveda. Despite the lack of apertures, light dissemination through indirect lighting elements brings life and nature into the spaces.